BoardGameGeek#Golden Geek Award

BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko,{{Cite book |last=Woods |first=Stewart |title=Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games |publisher=McFarland |year=2012 |isbn=9780786490653 |pages=121}} and marked its 20th anniversary on 20 January 2020.{{Cite web |last=Damerst |first=Lincoln |date=20 January 2020 |title=Happy 20th Anniversary BGG |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2352850 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417032200/https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2352850 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=31 January 2020 |website=Board Game Geek}}

Since 2005, BoardGameGeek hosts an annual board game convention, BGG.CON, that has a focus on playing games, and where winners of the Golden Geek Awards are announced. New games are showcased and convention staff is provided to teach rules.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Matt |title=13 New Tabletop Games for Winter - The Best of BGG Con |work=The Escapist |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/tabletop/15131-13-New-Tabletop-Games-for-Winter-The-Best-of-BGG-Con-2015 |url-status=live |access-date=2016-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116030903/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/tabletop/15131-13-New-Tabletop-Games-for-Winter-The-Best-of-BGG-Con-2015 |archive-date=2018-11-16}} There is also an annual Spring BGG.CON which is family friendly, and an annual BGG@Sea which is held on a cruise.

In 2010, BoardGameGeek received the Diana Jones Award, which recognized it as "a resource without peer for board and card gamers, the recognized authority of this online community."{{Cite web |date=23 May 2015 |title=The 2010 Award for Excellence in Gaming |url=http://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2010-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309054244/https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2010-award/ |archive-date=2021-03-09 |access-date=2016-11-10 |website=The Diana Jones Award}} The New York Times has called BoardGameGeek "the hub of board gaming on the Internet."{{Cite web |last=Draper |first=Kevin |date=August 1, 2019 |title=Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/style/board-games-cancel-culture.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224225134/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/style/board-games-cancel-culture.html |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=2 August 2019 |website=The New York Times}}

In 2020, BoardGameGeek was inducted into the Origins Award Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.originsawards.net/hall-of-fame/|title=Academy - Hall of Fame|website=www.originsawards.net|access-date=2021-08-29|archive-date=2019-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511031740/http://www.originsawards.net/hall-of-fame/|url-status=live}}

The site has branched out into other fields by using the same system for RPGs and video games (rpggeek.com and videogamegeek.com).{{Cite web|title=Role-Playing Games for People Who Don't Like Dungeons & Dragons|url=https://lifehacker.com/role-playing-games-for-people-who-don-t-like-dungeons-1824267470|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Lifehacker|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123235242/https://lifehacker.com/role-playing-games-for-people-who-don-t-like-dungeons-1824267470|url-status=live}}

Since 2006, the site annually awards the best new board games of the year with the Golden Geek Award. Winners are selected based on a vote by registered users.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2015-02-13 |title=The best tabletop RPGs of 2014, finalists from Board Game Geek |url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/13/8034777/the-best-tabletop-rpgs-of-2014-finalists-from-board-game-geek |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526142050/https://www.polygon.com/2015/2/13/8034777/the-best-tabletop-rpgs-of-2014-finalists-from-board-game-geek |archive-date=2019-05-26 |access-date=2016-11-10 |website=Polygon}}

;RPG and Video Game awards

RPG and Video game awards were introduced in 2014 and awarded through 2017. Only 1 category was awarded in 2018, and none in following years.

2020 saw many awards replaced with new categories, such as "Board Game of the Year" replaced with "Game of the Year, Light", "Medium" and "Heavy".

• Amerigame
• Eurogame
• Going Cardboard (documentary)

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